Dr. Chandu Visweswariah

Bio/Description

A widely recognized industry leader, he was one of eight IBM employees to be named an IBM Fellow in April, 2013. He is a pioneer in circuit analysis and optimization and the inventor of statistical timing. He has developed techniques used in every IBM chip design - including formal circuit tuning and gate-level timing sign-off. These fundamental contributions have improved performance, ensured timing correctness, combated variability and enhanced design productivity across three generations of IBM’s fastest microprocessors and most complex Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). He is a widely recognized industry leader with 68 patents, articles in more than 100 publications and numerous awards including Electronic Design News' Innovator of the Year. He joined IBM in 1989 as a Research Staff Member at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center and in 2004 he became Manager, Circuit and Interconnect Analysis. From there, in 2009, he was named Distinguished Engineer and Senior Manager, Timing and Circuit Analysis in the Electronic Design Automation, IBM Systems and Technology Group. From September 2013 he served as Senior Manager, Smarter Energy and Environmental Science department and is currently the Director of Smarter Energy Research Institute (SERI) in the Industry Solutions Research department at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center. He also serves as technology ambassador to Morocco. He received his B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1985 from the Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai); his M.S. degree in 1986 and his Ph.D. in 1989, in Electrical and Computer Engineering both from Carnegie Mellon University. He has been awarded the IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and two IBM Research Division awards. He is the author of one book and several technical papers in the field of design automation. He has served on the technical program committees of conferences such as ICCAD, ICCD and CICC. His research interests include modeling, analysis, timing and optimization of circuits. These fundamental contributions have improved performance, ensured timing correctness, combated variability and enhanced design productivity across three generations of IBM’s fastest microprocessors and most complex application specific integrated circuits (ASIC). He holds 68 patents, has published research in more than 100 journals and is the recipient of numerous awards including Electronic Design News' Innovator of the Year.

Pioneer in circuit analysis and optimization, he is the inventor of statistical timing; developing techniques used in every IBM chip design - including formal circuit tuning and gate-level timing sign-off